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From Environmental Technology
Revision as of 21:56, 24 February 2006
a)Water management is the most critical issue in the everglades. throughout the year it varies thoe like from May to October the water supply is plentyful but come December to April things get prettty dry.
b) Marine/Estuarine,Mangroves, Coastal Prairie, Freshwater Marl Prairie, Freshwater Slough, Cypress, Hardwood Hammocks, Pinelands
c)Alligator. usually lives throughout the southern coastal flatland (everglades)
d) Manatee is a marine mamaul that grows to be a 1,000 pounds throughout the southern coastal flatland. Just like humans they adapt to whether conditions but prefer the tropics. There kind of like seals.Sad to say us humans are destroying there habitats as we expand ours.
e) No, because it helps remove all the decaying oranisms and helps build diversity and prevent extention.
f)The Tamiami Formation is also found in the northwest corner of Everglades National Park. Here, fresh water flowing out of Big Cypress mixes with salt water from the Gulf of Mexico in a highly productive mangrove estuary. The resulting nutrient-rich soup supports a marine nursery for pink shrimp, snook, and snapper.
